IRS finger pointers: look at yourselves

Yes, the IRS has a lot to answer for in Tea Party-gate, but so do others who have been feeding at the trough of a laughably-enforced tax code.

They include those on the right, like Karl Rove, and those to the left, like President Obama. Democrats, Republicans have been indulging in similar abuses as Tea Party groups groups were accused of, on a much grander scale.

And the IRS has indulged them, as they have the NRA, Democratic Leadership Council, the NFL and the Church of Scientology; all pretending to be something they are not while reaping the tax benefits.

I name a few others in today’s Bottom Line column, at sfchronicle.com/business. You may have your own candidates.